This is an analysis of the poem Satyr V. Verse that begins with:

Thou soft Engager of my tender years
Divertive verse now come & ease my cares...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbccddaaa aXeXaaccfffdXfffbbb ddeeeeedddaXggaXh iijjXkkdddll iiggXkkbbbhhiiddkkgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,19,17,12,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110001100 100111111 011101111 0101110001 010111111 1111111101 110110101 11110011101 1101100011 0101010101 1111010101 01010101001 111110101 01010010110 10110111111 1011000110 0101110101 11010111 1101110001 111110111 1111110111 011010101 1111111111 111110101 101100110 1111011101 0111011111 1111010101 0101010101 1011011101 1111011111 1011001101 000110111 0101010101 111011111 0111101 11000101 1101110111 01011101001 1011010101 100010101 10010010101 1101111101 1101011101 010101101 11011111110 1101010111 111011111 1101011101 1011110101 10011101 010110111 1001010100 111111101 1100010101 1101010101 010101101 1111110111 1101100101 111110011 1111010100 1101010001 1110011100 0111011101 11000101110 1101001111 11010000101 11001110101 1111110101 101111111 111111101 110100101 1111010101 1010011101 1101010101 1101000111 0111010101 1111111111 1111010111 1111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 657
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, you, their, me, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word verse at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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